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Friday, April 7, 2017

DEWBERRIES IN BLOOM

Dewberries are in bloom (and even have small berries), woo hoo!!

Dewberry blooms

We can't wait to harvest some. We missed it last year because of the monsoon rains but so far so good this year. We have grand plans for some dewberry jam (canning!) and 2nd Man wants to try his hand at some cobblers and muffins. My mouth is watering already! For those who are new to the blog, click on the "dewberries" tag below this post or over on the right side where it shows "labels". But here is an early blog link about them: DEWBERRIES

The weather forecast for this weekend is wonderful, so we plan to take full advantage. I hope to get more flowerbeds done and continue clearing the forested area (that's what we're calling it, for now, ha) and hoping that I can skip a week of mowing so that I can focus on these other things. It would be awesome to get them DONE this weekend.

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How blessed you are to have such a nice patch of wild Dewberries and what wonderful jam and cobblers they will make. Mouth is watering already. Bet the birds can't wait either for the berries to ripen but I'm sure they will save some for you as well. :}Have an enjoyable weekend

That is quite a lot of dewberries in the former post. I know when we picked blackberries, we had to dress for chiggers. Are chiggers a problem with dewberries? I know picking around the edges won't be a problem, but if you get in the middle of that patch? I cannot wait to see what all the two of you do with all you will pick.

Nope, these are dewberries only....a Southern (US) wild treat. Here is a link to the wiki entry for them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewberry. They are closely related to blackberries. They are wonderful, a bit seedier at times that blackberries, but sweet and delicious.

I love your big dewberry patch! A big patch of future yum-ness! I know you and 2nd Man can hardly wait to make all those delicious things. This has got me wanting to start my own patch with some wild plants.

Difference between dewberries and blackberries.Dewberry flowers have one single stem with single flower; whereas blackberries will have a cluster of buds / flowers on single stem.Blackberries can grow up to 10 feet tall; as for dewberries, they are more low growing ground cover and spread by runners.

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